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CasaOSvsumbrel

Two self-hosted Home Server projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

CasaOSumbrel
Score76/10052/100
Rank in category#1 of 22 in Home Server#9 of 22 in Home Server
GitHub stars37 389434
Stars, last 30 days+135—
Stable releases, 12 months04
Latest release—v2.0.0 · 2 Oct 2026
SetupEasyAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0MIT
Main languageGoTypescript

Which one should you pick?

CasaOS scores 76/100 against 52/100 for umbrel, so it is the safer default.

umbrel ships more often: 4 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for CasaOS.

If you want the quickest setup, CasaOS is easier to run; umbrel needs more configuration.

CasaOS is growing faster right now (+135 stars in 30 days).

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